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26 Apr 2024
My Journey lodging a data protection complaint with the ODPC
Last year, on December 28th, I received a text message from a digital lender that took me down an illuminating data protection journey. The text message read: “DEAR GUARANTOR inform Bernard XXXX...
26 Apr 2024
SLAPP: Strategic “defamation suits” threatening the freedom of expression space.
They are being used to silence those who expose corruption and abuse of office The rise of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP suit) in Kenya is becoming a worrying trend despite ...
12 Apr 2024
POLITICAL AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS ROUND UP.
Kenya Linturi throws Kebs under the bus over fake fertiliser fiasco The government will only compensate farmers who received 3,000 bags of fertiliser flagged as substandard, even as the Ministry of Ag...
12 Apr 2024
WHO calls for action to uphold the right to health amidst inaction, injustice and crises
On the anniversary of its founding, the Organization reiterated the need for countries to invest, tackle discrimination and intolerance, and expand equitable access to quality health services. Durin...
12 Apr 2024
Kenya’s innovative approach to financing entrepreneurs: A deep dive into credit guarantee schemes.
Credit guarantee schemes (CGSs) are a form of financing for SMEs that emerged in Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries, spearheaded by civil society and the private sector as a way to proffer cr...
12 Apr 2024
Ties that ‘bond’: The push for a diaspora bond gains momentum amidst strong remittance inflows.
The country’s diverse and vast diaspora community spans globally, making the push for a diaspora bond and calls for Kenyans living abroad to invest back home more significant. In the past few ...
12 Apr 2024
Budget struggles loom: IEA highlights impact of delayed Division of Revenue Bill on county budgets.
An analysis of the Division of Revenue Bill (DoRB), 2024, by Faith Nzomo of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) recently identified several issues that require attention before the bill is passed....
5 Apr 2024
Austerity measures clash with spending trends: Why the government must walk the talk.
The government has been issuing edicts ordering spending cuts across the executive, ministries, departments, and agencies as part of austerity measures that have been rolled out. Despite all these edi...
5 Apr 2024
TikTok ban debate: Kenya demands compliance with privacy laws amid concerns over harmful content.
Kenya has demanded that TikTok demonstrate its compliance with local privacy and user verification laws. This action comes amid concerns that the platform is being used to spread propaganda, commit fr...
5 Apr 2024
Kenya’s Economic Freedom Ranking: A Look at the 30th Anniversary Index Results
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Index of Economic Freedom. Kenya holds the 20th position in Africa and ranks 120th globally, categorised as ‘mostly unfree’. The score falls abo...
28 Mar 2024
Kenya leads mobile money innovation: Trends and key insights from State of the Industry Report 2024
The State of the Industry Report on Mobile Money 2024 has revealed interesting insights into the mobile money landscape across sub-Saharan Africa. Among the countries analysed, Kenya emerges as a foca...
28 Mar 2024
Regulation in business: Corporates should watch judicial decisions for compliance yardsticks.
As the world continues to transform rapidly, business regulation continues to grow unabated. Regulations come in the form of laws made by Parliament or common law (laws emanating from judicial decisio...
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